Potentiation in young infants: The origin of the prior knowledge effect?

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 625-636

  Barr, Rachel ^a   Rovee Collier, Carolyn ^b   Learmonth, Amy ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Deferred imitation; Facilitated learning; Human infants; Mediated learning; Operant conditioning; Potentiation; Prior knowledge effect; Recall

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 80053325184     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-010-0037-0     Document Type: Article

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